Malaysian police arrest seven for suspected IS links

Two of the seven suspects arrested by Malaysia's Counter Terrorism Division. ​(Source: the Star)

Kuala
Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysian police on December 20 said they have
arrested seven people, including four foreigners, for suspected links to the
Islamic State (IS) militant group and for planning attacks in Malaysia and other
countries.

Police
said in a statement that their latest arrests were made between November 3 and December
16.

One
foreigner was arrested for suspected links to IS and attempting to get details
about security at international school in Kuala Lumpur, while another was
detained for helping him. Both were enrolled as students at a university near
the capital, police said.

The
third foreigner had been detained in the Middle East in 2010 under suspicion of
being involved with al Qaeda. Another foreign national suspected of having
links to IS tried to smuggle firearms into Indonesia, and also attempted to
sneak into Myanmar to launch an attack.

The identity and nationality of the foreigners were not disclosed.

Three
Malaysians were detained for planning attacks in the country or for suspected
IS links. One of them was getting orders from Muhammad Wanndy Muhammad Jedi – a
Malaysian known by police to be fighting with Islamic State in Syria – and was
planning attacks on places of entertainment in Kuala Lumpur and the city of
Malacca.

Malaysian
authorities have revoked the passports of dozens of citizens identified as
having left the country to join IS. They reported this year that 18 Malaysians
had been killed fighting for the group in Syria, and another seven were killed
carrying out suicide attacks. - VNA